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Last year had a political shift that helped bring in a new wave of institutional building. Much of this work has focused on making existing systems reliable, compliant, and usable by institutions, particularly in the areas of stablecoins and payment coordination systems.
Here are five sectors that are likely to see greater focus, liquidity, and adoption going forward.
1. Stablecoins as a Global Payment Layer
One of the developments would be the use of stablecoins as a global payment layer built on crypto infrastructure, while remaining largely abstracted from users.
Over the past two years, stablecoin transfer volumes have exceeded those processed by Visa.
This shows that stablecoins are already operating as a parallel financial system rather than a theoretical alternative.
At the same time, TradFi companies are beginning to integrate crypto-based settlement into their existing payment rails. As this continues, application layers such as wallets, cards, and consumer platforms are likely to remain the primary point of user interaction, while stablecoins handle value transfer in the background.
Several blockchain networks are also beginning to issue their own native stablecoins to capture and accrue value generated by the activities on their networks, and more ecosystems will likely look to internalize settlement and liquidity.

2. Perpetual Markets and Asset Concentration
Perpetual futures markets account for a large portion of onchain trading activity. However, most of this activity is concentrated in a small number of assets.
Roughly 80% of all perps volume comes from Bitcoin. Around 15% comes from other major assets, while the remaining 5% is spread across smaller tokens that tend to experience short periods of activity before fading.
This pattern highlights that while new assets continue to appear, liquidity and sustained usage remain concentrated in established markets.
In addition to crypto-based perpetuals, equity-based perpetual products are beginning to emerge. Some platforms like Hyperliquid, tradexyz , RobinhoodApp and a couple of others have integrated or intend to offer exposure to traditional equities through crypto native systems.

3. Privacy and Confidential Transactions
As institutional participation increases, privacy has become a requirement.
Organizations need to protect sensitive transaction details while still allowing verification and compliance.
Confidential transactions are designed to meet this need. Rather than providing full anonymity, these systems allow transaction data to remain private while still being verifiable by authorized parties.
Several chains like Aptos and Sui have announced plans to integrate confidentiality into their tech stacks. This infrastructure will become an important part of future onchain systems, particularly for enterprise and institutional use.

4. Prediction Markets
Prediction markets continue to grow in usage and activity. A key change is that they are increasingly embedded into existing applications rather than operating as standalone platforms.
This integration makes them easier to access and use. They are being applied as tools to reflect shared expectations and sentiment across a range of topics, rather than as isolated products.

5. AI and Agent-Based Systems
AI agents and automated services are still early in development. Many approaches are being tested, and there are not too many single dominant models yet.
Crypto infrastructure provides tools for coordination, verification, and incentive design within these systems. The efforts of builders right now are focused on building dependable components that support more complex interactions over time, especially in payment and service networks.

A Word for Builders
As these systems mature, attention shifts from infrastructure to application and execution. For startups building in this environment, three objectives remain consistent.
→ Build a product that people want. The product should address problems that matter to users.
→ Second, build a community around the product. A strong community helps with feedback, distribution, and trust. When possible, this community should benefit from network effects, where the product becomes more valuable as participation grows.
→ Third, give ownership to the community. Ownership can help bootstrap early adoption and align incentives between builders and users.
The next phase is likely to be defined less by new ideas and more by how effectively these systems are combined, scaled, and tested in concrete use cases.

Right now, the market is in a dip, and there have been a lot of liquidations over the last few days. Not just in crypto, but also in mineral assets like gold and silver.
Historically, liquidity follows a fairly predictable cycle. When mineral assets such as gold and silver begin to lose market cap, capital often rotates into crypto. When crypto weakens, liquidity typically flows back into more stable stores of value like precious metals or other stable assets.
That has been the usual cycle.
But this time is a little different.
At the moment, there is no clear correlation between asset classes. Mineral assets are down, and crypto assets are down as well. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the broader market are all declining simultaneously. Instead of liquidity rotating from one sector to another, it appears to be exiting the system altogether.

This speaks to how the market is being driven right now.
Without assigning blame or pointing fingers, from the perspective of a retail participant, someone who trades crypto and believes in the long term thesis, this is simply a very difficult environment to navigate.
Speculation in this market can quickly wipe out positions. Liquidations are easy to trigger, especially with leverage. While there are still potential catalysts that could spark bullish momentum, there are just as many sudden news events that could accelerate further downside.
In other words, risk is elevated on both sides. Because of that, this may not be an ideal time to trade aggressively.

What Do I Do?
In the current environment, there are two reasonable ways to approach the market, depending on your risk tolerance and objectives.
One approach is to move part of your portfolio into stablecoins and wait. You can also hold smaller positions in altcoins that have sufficient liquidity and more stable support levels.

Not large positions, just smaller exposure, and only in assets that can survive strong volatility. That is one way to stay in the game without overexposing yourself.Another perspective is to view the current dip as a buying opportunity. At these levels, prices can certainly look attractive. But a good entry point does not eliminate risk.If you are going to invest, only invest what you are willing to lose. Do not stake everything on the idea that this is the bottom. Convert part of your holdings into more stable assets and let the rest sit in the market carefully.

There is no specific time frame for recovery right now. There are news that can trigger a rebound, and there are also news that can trigger deeper bearish movement. Both are possible.
Until the market shows a clearer bullish direction, the safest position may be patience.
Protect your capital.
Be cautious with speculation.
Stay alive in the market.

#WhenWillBTCRebound
#marketcorrection

Prediction markets grew quite fast in 2025 across sports and non-sports events, with estimated monthly volume rising more than ten times from the year before to around $13 billion by late 2025.

Much of this activity came from sports markets through frequent small trades, while political and economic markets had fewer trades with much larger positions.

It became clear over time on Kalshi and Polymarket that sports contracts generated most trades through steady user participation, while political and economic markets held most open interest as capital accumulated around major outcomes.

...and I mean really major outcomes.

But then, the structure will be tested at a greater scale during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Global events of this size tend to push trading systems, compliance processes, and settlement to their limits, making the tournament a meaningful moment for prediction markets.

The growth of prediction markets in 2025 needs context. Financial conditions can influence how actively people trade, but they do not explain adoption. These markets expanded even as interest rates stayed high, suggesting that liquidity affects volume more than it does to sustainable growth.

Adoption is driven by broader access through brokerages and sportsbooks, simpler products, and growing comfort with event based trading. As participation increases, platform quality matters more, and we'll get to affirm that markets depend on trust, depth, and reliable settlement.

This gives platforms with existing users, regulatory approval, and built-in funding systems a clear advantage.

Jednym z wyróżniających się DEX-ów na Aptos, jeśli chodzi o płynne staking, jest Amnis Finance. Został stworzony, aby pomóc użytkownikom uzyskać więcej z stakingu bez blokowania ich funduszy. Kiedy stakujesz APT, otrzymujesz amAPT do elastycznego użytku lub stAPT, jeśli wolisz automatycznie skumulowany zysk.

Amnis pojawił się na scenie w październiku 2023 roku i szybko zaczął budować to, co miałoby stać się najlepszą opcją płynnego stakingu na Aptos. Zazwyczaj, gdy stakujesz swoje APT, zostaje ono zablokowane i nie możesz go naprawdę używać do niczego innego. Ale z Amnis jest inaczej. Kiedy stakujesz, otrzymujesz płynne tokeny, takie jak amAPT lub stAPT w zamian. Możesz handlować tymi tokenami, używać ich w pulach płynności lub nawet użyć ich jako zabezpieczenia. Jeszcze lepiej, Amnis nie pobiera żadnych opłat za twoje nagrody z stakingu.

Czy kiedykolwiek słyszałeś o trylemacie stablecoinów?🤔

To jedna rzecz, z którą wiele systemów stablecoin boryka się, próbując osiągnąć stabilność cen, decentralizację i efektywność kapitałową jednocześnie. Zazwyczaj kończą na poświęceniu jednego kosztem drugiego.

→ W pełni zabezpieczone stablecoiny są stabilne, ale często blokują zbyt dużo kapitału.
→ Stablecoiny algorytmiczne są efektywne, ale zazwyczaj łamią się podczas stresu.

Nowy model zwany modelem zabezpieczonej pozycji zadłużenia (CDP) został wprowadzony przez Auro Finance, gdzie użytkownicy blokują aktywa, aby stworzyć stablecoiny, ale dostosowuje go do Aptos, łącząc nagrody Proof-of-Stake z tokenami płynnego stakingu, co pozwala użytkownikom zarabiać na stakingu, jednocześnie zachowując płynność swoich aktywów.